In Brief: P&G v. Cumberland-Swan

P&G v. Cumberland-Swan: Cumberland-Swan will pay $85,000 to P&G as part of the settlement of a trade dress infringement suit filed in July ("The Tan Sheet" Sept. 19, p. 5), P&G announces Dec. 21. The suit charged Cumberland-Swan with selling products in packages that infringed P&G's Head & Shoulders shampoo, Secret and Sure antiperspirants and deodorants and Noxzema skin creams. "Soon after" the suit was filed, the products were removed from F&M's store shelves, P&G said, and Cumberland-Swan must change the products' labeling under a consent judgment. The suits against F&M and Evron Industries, making similar charges, are ongoing...